Yesterday
was a glorious day. So today it came as something of a shock this
morning to find that the car was covered in ice. It soon scraped off
though, and I was quickly off on my way to work. As I drove there was
an interesting article on the radio by the country's most senior
judge. Concerned about the spiralling costs of the legal system he
was worried that "court justice" is no longer
affordable to the man
in the street.
He
was concerned that as the legal system prices itself beyond the
budget of the average person, then those people still using the legal
system will represent themselves. Like I had to. Thereby doing
expensive legal practitioners out of a job.
And
he was also concerned that people might not even bother with courts
any more; preferring to deliver their own brand of rough justice;
taking the law into their own hands.
The
only surprise here is that it's taken eminent judges so long to
realise this.
As
I drove through Bilting I had a smile as I drove past a new and
gleaming poly tunnel. I felt rather proud and smug about my small
part in putting that together. And as I drive to work in the mornings
in future I can look over that hedge and feel proud.
I
took a little diversion on my way to work. A few months ago I hid a
Chinese puzzle box in a geocache. Easy to get to, difficult to open.
I'd had a message that someone had been unable to find the cache so
this morning I thought I'd have a little look-see to check that all
was well. All wasn't well. The thing had gone. Entirely gone. That
was five quid down the drain. I shall order a new one, but if that
goes then the cache will be reduced in difficulty and replaced with a
bog-standard sandwich box. It would be a shame to do this, especially
as there are so few caches in the Canterbury area. I can't afford to
lose too many puzzle boxes.
And
so to work where I did my bit. And then home again. Stopping off at
Somerset Road for the weekly gathering. Insults were bandied, and we
picked holes in the historical inaccuracies of "Merlin". I
can cope with supernatural beings, magic and wizards, but get really
riled by the historical inaccuracies such as sixth century soldiers
wearing tenth century armour, or lenses being bandied about some
three hundred years earlier than when they were actually first
invented.
And
in closing I shall gloat. Our old friend science has predicted two
glorious comets this year. It's no secret that I don't believe a word
of it. Comets never live up to the hype. If there is a comet visible
to the naked eye this year I shall eat the astro club's raffle.
And
guess what - "However, it might be difficult to see the
object without binoculars or a telescope. It's going to be in the
twilight sky and not as bright as we had originally hoped"
says the science correspondent of the Daily Telegraph about the comet
which is supposed to be currently lighting up our skies..
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